This sounds like Meraker-names in Norway to me. Both Nyhus and variants on Dalaness are Meraker-names. I will try to see what I may find. Ragnar At 00:12 03.12.2003, [email protected] wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Hanson Nyhus >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/170.1.1.2 > >Message Board Post: > >Hello, I have been following this thread with interest. Would it be >possible for you to look up Iver Hanson, b. Feb 1873, immigration >1892? He married Randi Nyhus (sp?). > >Children or possible siblings of Randi would be: Bertha, Henry, Oscar, >Selma, Olga, Elmer, Palmer, Gordon. > >The last name Dalness (sp?) also comes into play in our family but we are >not sure how....possibly Randi's first husband? > >Any help at all would be appreciated. As you can tell, this line is a >muddle for us and we are stuck! > >Thanks! > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Ragnar in Hell